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Over 400,000 People Living in 'Modern Slavery' in U.S., Report Finds

Supply Chain Brain

The United States is one of the most advanced countries in the world yet has more than 400,000 modern slaves working under forced labor conditions,” said the group’s founder, Andrew Forrest, in a news release. North Korea has the highest prevalence of modern slavery globally, with one in 10 of the population, or 2.6

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COVID-19 By The Numbers. My Takeaway For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

In the United States, we are so tied up with the twenty-four-hour news cycle centered on the election and the rise of hospitalization, that I think that we are missing the impact of shifts in global demand due to COVID-19. As a result, most supply chain leaders are riding the waves through brute force. Regional Differences.

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EV segment will likely depend on China for many years

Resilinc

To mitigate China’s dominant position in mining and refining lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, manganese, rare earth elements and other critical green-energy minerals, the United States and some of its allies are subsidizing domestic investment and setting up new barriers to trade and investment with China.

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